Starring Rowoon as Sim Jung-Woo and Cho Yi-Hyun as Jung Soon-Deok, The Matchmakers finale (episode 16) aired on Monday, December 25, on KBS. Set within the Joseon period, the Ok-drama follows the story of two younger widowed matchmakers who finally fall in love.
In episode 15 ending, Soon-Deok and Jung-Woo are seen making an attempt to flee earlier than the mayor enters the bride and groom’s room. To present context, the lead characters fill in for a marriage ceremony couple after Ye-Jin runs away on her marriage ceremony day.
The Matchmakers episode 16 begins with Ye-Jin getting into the room together with her lover moments earlier than the mayor barges in. When he confirms that the groom is just not Jung-Woo, he leaves in disappointment. But Park So-Hyun, who’s Soon-Deok’s mother-in-law, is livid seeing her daughter-in-law with Jung-Woo. In addition, she blames her for her daughter Ye-Jin’s alternative of husband.
Despite a messy state of affairs, Jung-Woo and Soon-Deok promise to seek out their means again to one another, hinting at a comfortable ending.
The Matchmakers episode 16 spoilers: Did Rowoon & Cho Yi-Hyun die?
Park So-Hyun is indignant at Soon-Deok for jeopardizing her household’s popularity. She is a harmful girl who killed her husband and brother to guard her title. Hence, she plans to destroy Jung-Woo and her daughter-in-law.
So-Hyun sends a faux letter to Jung-Woo as Soon-Deok’s adopted son. Rowoon’s character rushes to Soon-Deok’s home because the letter mentions she is in bother. When he enters her room, So-Hyun locks the door from outdoors. She threatens the couple, saying that she has despatched a phrase to the King that Jung-Woo bodily assaulted Soon-Deok.
As the 2 wait within the room, they settle for their destiny. The two hug one another when the guards barge in to arrest Jung-Woo. In the palace’s jail, the King asks his son-in-law Jung-Woo if So-Hyun has framed him for bodily assaulting Soon-Deok. He accepts the accusations and mentions that the King ought to shield Soon-Deok.
The King offers one other likelihood to Jung-Woo to show his innocence earlier than ingesting poison as punishment. But he doesn’t change his reply and, therefore, drinks the poison. Meanwhile, So-Hyun places a knife in entrance of Soon-Deok and tells her that she disgraced her household.
So-Hyun pushes Cho Yi-Hyun’s character to finish her life by mentioning that Jung-Woo has died. It seems in that individual scene that Soon-Deok stabbed herself to demise. A number of days later, Jung-Woo wakes up and finds out that the King lowered the poison’s depth and requested the royal doctor to avoid wasting him. Despite being alive, Jung-Woo will get depressed after studying that Soon-Deok dedicated suicide.
The Matchmakers ending: Jung-Woo and Soon-Deok get their comfortable ending
In The Matchmakers finale, the {couples} matched by Jung-Woo and Soon-Deok dwell fortunately collectively. According to folks in Joseon, Jung-Woo and Soon-Deok have died.
Towards the tip of episode 16, the King visits Jung-Woo and arms him over a new identification. He asks him to dwell as a new particular person and grow to be a matchmaker completely for previous bachelors and maidens. He then tells him he has assigned an skilled feminine matchmaker to help Jung-Woo.
Rowoon’s character reaches the handle of the feminine matchmaker. He remembers it was Soon-Deok’s home when she was a baby. While reminiscing his time together with her, he hears her voice calling him, “His Excellency!” At first, he thinks he desires however quickly learns she is alive.
Soon-Deok explains to Jung-Woo that she determined to not kill herself in actual. She made a take care of So-Hyun and faked her demise. The King helped Soon-Deok to start out a new life.
Ok-drama The Matchmakers ended with Jung-Woo and Soon-Deok agreeing to expertise courtship whereas serving to previous bachelors and maidens discover companions. Although the sequence has a comfortable ending, viewers might really feel disillusioned with an abrupt end. Throughout the drama, a lot of suspense is constructed round So-Hyun’s crimes and a specific poison. But, ultimately, the villain didn’t obtain any punishment.
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